About this Event

Formed in a festival tent in 2010 Dublin based 4 piece band Raglans launched the same year.

Raglans are Stephen Kelly (lead vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin), Rhos Horan (bass, backing vocals),

Conn ORunaidh (drums, backing vocals) and Sean O Brien (lead guitar, mandolin, backing vocals).

Raglans blaze a trail of muscular new wave guitars, gritty pop melodies and uplifting indie folk arrangements that hops, skips and jumps with a skill and confidence far beyond their short lifespan .

Raglans kick started 2012 in an imperious fashion with the witty, charmingly shot Beatlesque video for "The Man From Glasgow" (filmed by "insanely talented" young Finn Kennan) clocking up thousands of YouTube hits.

Debut EP "Long Live" was the first release on Whelans' new record label launched in Ireland and the UK in May 2012. The bands songwriting skills and musical camaraderie shine all over an EP that announces this vibrant, talented band to the world

Raglans followed the release with a video for the lead track of the EP, "Digging Holes" which went viral, and was recently nominated in state.ie best 50 videos of all time.

Such was the impact of this video that at their live shows large swathes of the audience are seen replicating the moves at live shows.

The Man from Glasgow also from the long Live EP was recently used in the Coors light Free house Campaign,

The band have been touring since the release appearing at all the major Irish festivals including Electric Picnic ,Westport, Sea Sessions, Independence, The Volvo Ocean Race, No Place Like Dome, Knockanstockan, Festival of Fires to name a few.

Raglans have also recently supported The View,The Courteeners and Haim

Raglans have recently just signed to Cuckoo records in the UK with their Debut Single Digging Holes Set for Release in the Uk in July 2013 followed by their first UK headline Tour.